Teaching Resources

This section is intended as a forum for members to share teaching resources such as course outlines and assignments. To contribute, please contact CAFS.

Course Outlines

Steffanie Scott, Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo
Urban Ecology - Foodprints - Download
Foodflows (Action Research Projects) - Download
Development and Environment: Alternative Geographies of Food - Download

Peter Andree, Trent University, Peterborough
The Canadian Food System: A Community Development Approach

Dr. Dawn Johnston and Ms. Lisa Stowe, Communication and Culture, University of Calgary
Food Culture

Prof. Gwendolyn Blue, Communication and Culture, University of Calgary
The Politics of Food

Dr. Gwendolyn Blue; Co-instructed by Dr. Dawn Johnston and Ms. Lisa Stowe, Communication and Culture, University of Calgary
Special Topics in Food Culture: Spain (part of Spain Group Travel Study)

 

Member recommended literature

Food Security Projects of the Nova Scotia Nutrition Council and the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre, Dalhousie University. (2005). Thought About Food: A Workbook on Food Security & Influencing Policy.

Hanrahan, Maura and Ewtushik, Marg. (2001). A Veritable Scoff: Sources on Foodways and Nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's, NL: Flanker Press Ltd.

Jaffe, JoAnn and Gertler, Michael. (2006). Victual Vicissitudes: Consumer Deskilling and the (Gendered) Transformation of Food Systems. Agriculture and Human Values. Volume 23, Number 2, pages: 143 - 162.

Projets de sécurité alimentaire du Nova Scotia Nutrition Council et de l’Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre de la Dalhousie University. (2005). La nourriture, vous y avez pensé? Cahier d’activités pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire et influencer les politiques.

Roppel, Carla, Desmarais, Annette Aurelie and Martz, Diane. Farm Women and Canadian Agricultural Policy. Ottawa: Status of Women Canada. 

Whit, William C. (1995). Food and Society: A Sociological Approach. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.